I can't in good faith continue to participate in an ecosystem that is run in this manner. I've had my grievings with Steem before (it feels and operates the same was as American politics with "Money = Speech and Power"), but this takes things to an obnoxious new level.
Effectively immediately, I've begun a power-down with the intent to pack up and leave.
If things happen to change for the better (doubtful) in the near future (also doubtful) -- consideration will be given to staying.
I'll keep the site operational and all functionality running until said powerdown is completed. It is my personal (and generally uninformed opinion) that others should do the same and try to hold on to whatever savings / earnings they've managed to accrue. Maybe under the flawless leadership of new SteemitInc, the price will appreciate -- but I don't particularly care. It's all gross, and I think I've had enough.
I'll be in Discord servers, and keeping my ear to the ground to see if some kind of fork spins up where we can disregard Steemit-Inc / Tron / All that noise. If that's the case -- I'll likely be there.
I thank you all for participating in my little running / training journal website thingy. It was fun while it lasted.
Be well.
